The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-08-11

they turned and moved back behind lines
full of pluck ever; except poor fellow of tn
seth Ohio, who lost both legs in our battery. AS h
lay there dying his friends gathered round to he'll
him, but he ordered them away to the front to saw
the day and his country, of which he thhught NOR
than of the few moments he had to lfye,,
Tn a recent communication To me- DR. w a. Ppt
ney Prairie Centre ILL., said. ST shall never forge
the brave bovs of the aetb ohio as the of tn
brigade came rounding up the rise of ground int,
our battery fighting their way out of perfect hell o
battle fury Not man among them them thought o
retreatine auy further but turned and nobly faced
ready to advance again if need be into the
laws of death from which thev had inst escaned
have never learned the name of the noble boy who fel
with both legs shot off with twelve pound she'll but
whoever he was he will ALWAYS shine in nv memory
as one of natures noblemen who gave his all for his
country that she might liyen
On the charge Sergeant A. G. King had his mouth
open giving vent to his feelings in no tones
that he had feelings none present doubted-when a
hall entered his month noss;ng tbrouob b;s 1aft
cheek, carrying with it some of his teeth put IT
mild when saw he stood a King astonished Hardly
had he recovered from the shock Richard became
himself again, when a Johnnie Reb,n with a temer-
ity horn of non acouaintapce with that narticnlar
King thought to improve an opportunitv bv demand
ing of King his pun Ouick as a flash came the an
swer ives damn Won ,, and with the answer nlunoed
his bavonet tn bis onn,s r,uzzla tbrouob the
Johnnie
| Sylburn Davis he who wanted to haul off the cam
non captured on Yesterdays charge was ordered by
group of three Confederates to 'stand and deliver
Quick as thought he shot one and as Quickly
ed second, the third, Judging from this OCCASION
was an tmpusfye uuick-witte fellow firm believer
| in the old adage that
| "He who runs away
| May live to fight another"
Permitted MS discretion to outweigh his valor.
IL was near p. m. when the main body ofTurchfn's
brigade had gathered' 1aien rather, Tor rev mo-
ments rest on tne grassy and tmoered h1lls1de just
Dehlnd the battery where shells from Rebel batteries
I'M chr fnerf in ola
here one of those shells struck right in midst,
taking off the head of comrade, whose name never
learned. II was now as we rested we began to take
account OF the ABSENT The SSth colors with Capt. E.
Z. henry and most OF his company (B), with others
from the S0th were missing; with the nth Ohio the
whereabouts of COL Z. p. Lane was question of Sc
rlous import; with the brigade as to what had be-
come OF Gen. Reynolds. Thankful though we were
ior our own delivery, there was settling upon us
leeng OF sadness ana gloom over our supposed losses
In the charge.
Let us hie away out of this shadowy gloom and link
our fortunes with the coors of the Seth and the little
band OF comrade heroes that had become separated
from us when well down the valley When nearly
Oh low timber and orush that occupied the corner of
hel9 anu ulVldeo our little Iorce into Two unequal
portions as the Drlgade reached this point
Ii VIII be remembered that portion of the brigade
nao toowed the retreat1ng enemy to the right among
tnem:Company OF the 36th Ohio,with the regiment
ai colors hao crossed the ROAD.
rev rods beyond the road dafayette), Gen. Rey
noids rode In front of the 36th Ohios coors and
dered the command back into the road. The obstruc
ons in the corner of the field not only separated the
rght from the left but hid the left from the view of
those win zen. reynolds. Upon reaching the road
they neaded toward Rossvile. The General rode at
the mead leading them on a double quick" often
saying keep running and cheering and make all the
dust you can" OF this tile band there proba
ply one hundred and twenty in all, two-thirds of
wnom were S6th Ohfo men, and the balance 11th and
9znd OHIO, with possibly some of the 18th Kentucky
VI this humper perhaps one-naf were In body at
the front with the 6th colors the other half strung
along the road In the rear like the tail to kite 1t
was mol question OF daring or of courage as to who
were In 'front.' but one OF speed and physical endur-
ahce. Ihose IN tne advance passed one OF our field
hospitals driving small body of Confederate cavalry
pefore tnem' our wounded cheering them as they |
passed. Beyond the hospital the road entered piece
OF timber. just within the woods the road forked |
the right branch leading to Ringgold Ga the left
Chattanooga. On approaching within about two hun
dred yards of the timber the boys in blue could
tnat tnere was quite force of dismounted cavalry
loohiederates) hurr1edly taking position to stop |
tnem. Gen. Reynolds who, up to this time, had rode
IN the ADVANCE accompanied by single orderly, now
checked up for those in the advance body to pass.
A shortdfstance beyond where the General checked,
raVlne with direction to the right, crossed the
road. BY this rav1ne when in it, the men were con-
ceaied from the enemy on their front. Capt. Z. F.
nehry, OF company b. Sotl' (now OF hutler, Bates
county, MOI having assumed command of the ad-
vance, leo MS little force up the rav1ne short dis
tance then up small branch that came in from the
left front until quite close to the woods Here this
little band, every individual Of whom was hero in
ms own right dressed on the colors and charged on
Forests cavalry as though backed by the immediate
presence OF fuu division OF comrades. With rush
they drove the dismouned Confederate cavalry from
the forks of the road on lively run something like
half mile. Capt Henry and command following the
lett hand road advanced perhaps two hundred yards
"neh' nnoing no enemy, they matted for General Key-
nous anu those WIN MIN TO come up. Durlng the
melee, corporal soule OF the color gard, emptied
saddle ana captured the morse, wh1ch ne presented
upon their arrival at the top OF the ridge to General
Iurchlh. Ii. d. Z. Adhey, OF OAKLAND, Cal, reiates
the following incident OF their charge ON the cavalry:
During the advance from the hospital to the forks OF
the road occurred laughable incident Capt Henry,
#. in. in height, and every inch soldier was di
recting every movement of men as they advanced
yelling and firing and driving the enemy before them.
Advancing with gigantic strides hat in one hand and
sword in the other he was yelling the top of his
voice to encourage the boys, go for lem boys go for
'em they nothing but cavalrav, if the fighting
of cavalry was held in contempt by him. At this
uncture the gallant Captain caught the scabbard of
his sword between his legs and fell headong, going
down all In heap on MS mead and face some thought
him killed, and news to that effect was circulated but
gathering himself up he was as good as ever and lived
get the boys out of of the tghtest places they
were in.'' II. c. Wyatt, of Company B, 36th of
Butler No. writes that after the charge on Forests
cavalry the junction of the roads, General Rey
nods and his orderly rode up the fork of the road
where the General consulted his maps moment, that
he and the orderly then advanced rods the
right hand road finding it mpracticable try to ad-
farther, returned having first orders for
Capt Henry and those with him return he led the
way back to the field hospital.
Capt Henry, instead of returning by the left hand
road to the fork, took short cut toward where Gen.
eral Reynolds supposed to be- striking the right
hand, Ringgold road, the brow hill overlook
ing valley of partly open ground. In this valley,
within short range was a considerable force of Con-
federate cavalry Instantly the bows on the ridge
poured into them yoley from their Enfield rifles
which resulted in scattering the Confeds in widest
without their attempting a shot,
whereupon our fellows swung their hats and set up
cheer. Here a second order from General
Reynolds reached them. The order imperative,